| Clean jalapeno seeds out with a tea spoon, not your finger nail |  | |
| Roll fingers under when cutting. This is what the pros do to avoid cutting thier finger tips. |  | |
| When hand washing small knives point the blade away from the sponge. |  | |
| When hand washing large knives, place the blade on part of the sink before scrubbing. |  | |
| Keep your knives shape for safty. Always rinse a knife after sharpening as it will have a lot of loose metal particles on it. |  | |
| When cooking with stainless steel pans, get them very hot and get the entire flat surface covered with a layer of oil. Roll oil around the edges before putting food in to keep food from sticking to it. This will allow you to slide omlets out of the pan. Note that for omlets you fold the omlet over in the plate as you slide it out of the pan. Don't overload your omlets though as they'll break apart with too much weight. |  | |
| It's O.K. to scrub caste iron pans, just make sure you always put oil in them after drying. Use a paper towel to spread the oil around and soak up excess oil. |  | |
| Have a dry chemical fire extinguisher on hand in the kitchen. |  | |
| If you're cooking a hot gourmet meal and are not using the oven, put your plates in the oven at 200 degrees and use an oven mitt to handle the plates when putting food on them. Otherwise you run the risk of putting your hot food on a stone cold plate and the food gets cold too quickly. |  | |
| When serving salad, I believe that olive oil, Romano cheese and ground black pepper are as good as any dressing out there. By the way, those are jalapenos in my olive oil decanter |  | |
| I've seen men and women alike take a paper towel and clean a mess off the floor, then use the same towel to clean the counter. In the case of a spill, always clean the counter first and then the floor. | ||
| If you have a split sink with a disposal on one side, always put your dirty silverware on the non-disposal side to avoid having one drop in the disposal and having it go undetected until you use the disposal. |  | |
| When doing food preparation, always cut your fruits and veggies first and your meats or fish last to avoid transferring potentially fatal bacteria to a food that won't be cooked. | ||
| When purchasing silverware, always get the heavier grade set and buy 2 sets of it. | ||
| If you are planning a custom kitchen, consider getting glass fronts to your dish and glass cabinets so guests don't have to ask where they are. |  | |
| When installing new kitchen components, specifically a wall mounted microwave, test the thing out before installation by getting the frozen Stouffer’s lasagna that takes 15 minutes to cook. |  | |
| Is your garbage disposal or sink trap incubating the next deadly bacteria that will threaten all of man kind? Does it stink? You have a couple of options. Pour a small amount of either bleach or mouthwash in the sink. Bleach has more of a chemical smell and mouthwash has more of a creme de mint smell. Your choice. |  | |
